YEAR>>> POPULATION

1903>>> 671

1918>>> 1,449 (includes Lawa-an: 999, Bolusao:450)

1948>>> 4,971 (includes Bolusao-1,602, Magallanes-718, Taguite-440, and Lawaan-2,2110 as of Oct. 1, 1948

1960>>> 5,983

1970 >>>    7,479

1975>>>     8,517

1980>>>     7,275

1990>>>     7,792

1995>>>     9,725

2000>>>     9,855

Sources:
Censo de las Islas Filipinas:1903. Wahington DC: Government Printing Office, 1905. Vol. I, p.326.
Census of the Philippines: 1948. Manila: Bureau of Census and Statistics, 1950.
National Statistics Office in Profile of the Municipality of Lawaan, Lawa-an, Eastern Samar. 2000.
Census of the Philippine Islands: 1918. 4 Vols. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1920-1921. p. 237